Flight from Ashiya
Movie (1964)
Starring:
Yul Brynner (MSgt. Mike Takashima)
Richard Widmark (Lt. Col. Glenn Stevenson)
George Chakiris (2nd Lt. John Gregg)
Suzy Parker (Lucille Caroll)
A flight crew tries to save the survivors of a shipwreck off the coast of Japan during a raging typhoon.
Grumman HU-16B Albatross
Serial 51-5294, c/n G-176 built in 1952.
Sikorsky H-19B Chickasaw
Serial 52-7495, c/n 55-535 built in 1953.
Douglas C-47A-25-DK Skytrain
Registration JA5025, c/n 13510. Built in 1943 with USAAF serial 42-93582.
This airframe was involved in two notable incidents while in Japanese service. On 2 January 1959, a passenger opened the rear door mid-flight and jumped out over the Seto Inland Sea after failing to destroy the plane with dynamite. The plane was able to land safely.
Later, on 19 May 1961, the aircraft slid off the runway while landing during in rain at Takamatsu Airport. ANA spent two months repairing the aircraft and converting it for cargo use, including replacing the rear passenger door used in the previous incident with cargo doors, as seen in this film.
Douglas R4D-4
Registration JA5040, c/n 6349. Built in 1942 for Pan Am as an DC-3A-447 but not taken up. Instead to the US Navy as R4D-4 BuNo 07003. Damaged beyond repair in a landing accident at Sendai Airport on 10 May 1963, no fatalities.
Various Aircraft
Models set up on this airfield. Maybe North American P-51 Mustangs on the right and Grumman TBF Avengers on the other side of the taxiway?
Mitsubishi A6M Zero
Boeing 707
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